6296 Cleveland

Cleveland
Discovery
Discovered by Helin, E. F.
Discovery site Palomar
Discovery date 12 July 1988
Designations
MPC designation 6296
Named after
Cleveland
1988 NC
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 12474 days (34.15 yr)
Aphelion 2.0085 AU (300.47 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7737 AU (265.34 Gm)
1.8911 AU (282.90 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.062090
2.60 yr (949.89 d)
348.22°
 22m 44.364s / day
Inclination 27.054°
111.518°
36.900°
Earth MOID 0.807126 AU (120.7443 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 3.11596 AU (466.141 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.823
Physical characteristics
30.84 h (1.285 d)
14.3

    6296 Cleveland (1988 NC) is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on July 12, 1988 by Helin, E. F. at Palomar.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 13.38 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.03 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "6296 Cleveland (1988 NC)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (December 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33 (4): 85–88, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...85W.

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